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Cuba's railway history began on October 12, 1834, when the Queen Regent of Spain, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, approved the building of the first line. When the Compañía de Caminos de Hierro de la Habana opened the 27.5 kilometers (17.1 mi) line from Havana to Bejucal on November 19, 1837, the first steam railway line in Latin America.
Railway network in Cuba. Total: 8,285 km; Standard gauge: 8,125 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) gauge (105 km electrified) Narrow gauge: 160 km of 2 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (699 mm) gauge. [1] Hershey Electric Railway. Cuba built the first railway system in the Spanish empire, before the 1848 start in the Iberian peninsula.
The railway is the only surviving electric line in Cuba. [2] The railway was built by The Hershey Company to transport sugar to the port of Havana. The original electric interurban cars were bought from the JG Brill Company , but these were replaced by 60-year old cars from the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya in the 1990s.
Category: Railway lines in Cuba. ... Hershey Electric Railway This page was last edited on 18 May 2018, at 03:06 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
In 2000 the Union de Ferrocarriles de Cuba bought French first class air conditioned coaches. Fast trains line 1 and 2, between (Central Station) and Santiago de Cuba, use comfortable stainless-steel air-conditioned coaches bought from French Railways and now known as the "Tren Francés" (the French train). It runs daily at peak periods of the ...
The Havana Suburban Railway (Spanish: Red del ferrocarril suburbano de La Habana) is a passenger suburban rail network serving the city of Havana, capital of Cuba, and its suburbs. Owned by the national company Ferrocarriles de Cuba , it represents the only suburban rail system of the Caribbean island.
Railway lines in Cuba (1 P) S. Standard gauge railways in Cuba (3 P) Railway stations in Cuba (3 C, 4 P) This page was last edited on 1 February 2017, at 05:52 (UTC) ...
Electric railways in Cuba (1 P) I. Rail infrastructure in Cuba (3 C) M. Railway museums in Cuba (1 P) P. Passenger rail transport in Cuba (3 C) R. Rolling stock of ...